Billy Beane and others from Oakland’s management on Thursday joined those from the 51s to officially welcome the A’s as the new Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas.
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Ed Graney came to the Review-Journal in May of 2006 as its lead sports columnist. He has covered all major sporting events, including Super Bowls to NBA championships to every Final Four since 1995. Graney also covered the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) and London (2012). A graduate of San Diego State University, he is a five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year and past winner of Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 for columns. He and wife Bonnie have two children, a son (Tristan) and daughter (Bridget).
Welcome to simple economics in the world of fun and games, where the overnight success of an expansion hockey team can drastically alter who is allowed to purchase tickets.
How the Raiders performed in a 28-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins
When he sticks to the script, Jon Gruden has proven over the first three weeks of this NFL season to be Laurence Olivier, prepared and versatile, creative and confident, a virtual Henry the V calling plays.
A dink-and-dunk passing trend needs changing if wins are to come, the next opportunity for the Raiders being against the unbeaten Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
If you were to put pen to paper and describe the hopes and dreams of those at UNLV when it comes to building football at a Group of Five institution, it would likely resemble more of the Red Wolves than you might imagine from a place so far away and dissimilar.
Youth seems to be serving Vegas well in terms of how future seasons might appear, but that’s not stopping a few young defensemen from forcing management to pause before relegating them elsewhere when training camp ends.
How the Raiders performed in a 20-19 loss at Denver on Sunday.
DENVER — There were under two minutes remaining in a football game the Raiders had led all Sunday, under two minutes until they could depart with a road victory over a division rival, and this was the scene along their defensive line:
“Canelo” Alvarez was awarded a majority decision in a rematch with Gennady Golovkin, and if you were on the side that the first fight was incredibly close and impossibly difficult to score, well, this was even tougher.
As a special guest of a retail trade association’s convention, Serena Williams on Friday made her first public appearance since her on-court tantrum last Saturday in New York.
It’s that time again, only the second time, but the Golden Knights will begin training camp Friday as a means to prepare for The Season Following The Most Improbable Season.
Holly Lindholm is a senior at Palo Verde who on Wednesday joined others to honor her best friend, Brooke Hawley, who was killed in March in a fiery crash in California, the result of a suspected drunken driver.
Jon Gruden will remember most the final score of his return to the Raiders, because losses stay with folks in this league more than anything, a 33-13 defeat to the Rams before a Monday Night Football audience and a silver and black faithful who spent much of the fourth quarter booing.
How the Raiders performed in their season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night.